Creep (2014)
August 28, 2015 11:21 AM - Subscribe
When a videographer answers a Craigslist ad for a one-day job in a remote mountain town, he finds his client is not at all what he initially seems. Trailer
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At 77 minutes, Creep is barely feature length but makes it work as a short, unsettling jab. The horror comes from Mark Duplass' successful invoking of the smiling but dead behind the eyes manipulative stalker ...creep. All his little tactics, jumping the intimacy gun, touching, "just kidding!" and "it was a joke!" are all ...creepily true to life as Things Shitty Men Do To Woman, but turned up and constant. (and employed against a man). I have no idea why it's called a horror-comedy, I was cringing the entire time and had one flashback to an online modeling gig that nearly went wrong.
The Decider! "Atypical found footage movie"
The Dissolve!
The AV Club! "More admirable then enjoyable"
This is yet another selection in FanFare's oldest movie club, the MeFi Horror Club. Want to pick the next movie for Horror Club? Drop me a MeMail and you can be up next. Guidelines here.
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At 77 minutes, Creep is barely feature length but makes it work as a short, unsettling jab. The horror comes from Mark Duplass' successful invoking of the smiling but dead behind the eyes manipulative stalker ...creep. All his little tactics, jumping the intimacy gun, touching, "just kidding!" and "it was a joke!" are all ...creepily true to life as Things Shitty Men Do To Woman, but turned up and constant. (and employed against a man). I have no idea why it's called a horror-comedy, I was cringing the entire time and had one flashback to an online modeling gig that nearly went wrong.
The Decider! "Atypical found footage movie"
The Dissolve!
The AV Club! "More admirable then enjoyable"
So much of it is so true to life with Creepy Shit Creepy Guys Say Trying To Sound Normal that I had FLASHBACKS.
SKIN CRWALING. Seriously.
posted by The Whelk at 10:09 PM on August 28, 2015 [2 favorites]
SKIN CRWALING. Seriously.
posted by The Whelk at 10:09 PM on August 28, 2015 [2 favorites]
I am actually afraid to watch this. I couldn't get through the frigging cable guy which is supposed to be an actual comedy, so I don't know. I'm going to try tonight but I'm not looking forward to it.
posted by Literaryhero at 5:20 AM on August 30, 2015
posted by Literaryhero at 5:20 AM on August 30, 2015
I did see the comedy in this, to an extent...There's a certain amiable glee that Duplass is bringing to his character that helped me laugh at the situation, albeit very uncomfortably, in the early scenes anyway. After his bizarre sexual assault story, I was done laughing and was more in shock wondering what the hell could be coming next.
posted by doctornecessiter at 1:42 PM on August 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by doctornecessiter at 1:42 PM on August 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
Well I thought that was a good idea to watch this before bed. Not so much. Eep.
posted by yellowbinder at 10:44 PM on September 13, 2015
posted by yellowbinder at 10:44 PM on September 13, 2015
WHY WOULD YOU GO TO THE LAKE? WHY? WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS?
posted by Going To Maine at 11:31 PM on June 18, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Going To Maine at 11:31 PM on June 18, 2016 [1 favorite]
Not really comedic, but effective otherwise.
posted by Doleful Creature at 9:27 PM on September 18, 2016
posted by Doleful Creature at 9:27 PM on September 18, 2016
WHY WOULD YOU GO TO THE LAKE? WHY? WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS?
This second biggest failing in this movie is that Aaron went to the lake. The first biggest failing is the one "Joseph" pointed out--if you are going to go to the lake, why not stand with the lake behind you, scanning around you for danger? That was an unbelievable level of stupidity in a movie that I otherwise liked a lot because of Duplass's performance. There is a lot of good stuff here, and I'm glad I made time for it, but I think the ending could use a re-write.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 6:38 AM on May 2, 2017
This second biggest failing in this movie is that Aaron went to the lake. The first biggest failing is the one "Joseph" pointed out--if you are going to go to the lake, why not stand with the lake behind you, scanning around you for danger? That was an unbelievable level of stupidity in a movie that I otherwise liked a lot because of Duplass's performance. There is a lot of good stuff here, and I'm glad I made time for it, but I think the ending could use a re-write.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 6:38 AM on May 2, 2017
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posted by miss-lapin at 9:35 PM on August 28, 2015 [1 favorite]